Dem Donors Pledge $2 Million to Fund New Debates if Joe Biden Drops Out: Report

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A group of wealthy Democratic donors has pledged $2 million to fund new debates among presidential candidates if President Joe Biden decides to drop out of the race, The Washington Post reported Friday.

The group, led by former Intuit and PayPal chief executive Bill Harris, is calling for an open Democratic primary to decide which candidate would replace the president, according to the outlet.

The move is reportedly aimed at preventing a situation where Vice President Kamala Harris automatically gets the nod if Biden decides to suspend his campaign for a second term in office, according to the outlet.

“It’s not that we have to protect ourselves from chaos and drama,” Bill Harris argued. “We need drama and a little chaos. I think it can be refreshing and energizing.”

(Read more from “Dem Donors Pledge $2 Million to Fund New Debates if Joe Biden Drops Out: Report” HERE)

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Report: Biden Guided by Document Instructing Him to ‘Walk to Podium’ During Events

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White House staffers have reportedly created a document with photos and instructions for President Joe Biden to “walk” to the podium during events.

One template of the five-page document, which was obtained by Axios, shows a “large picture of the event space” on different pages, with words in “big text” that say, “View from podium” and “View from audience.”

The document also reportedly shows two different photos with the words “Walk to podium,” according to the outlet.

One person who had reportedly staffed an event for the president in the past year and a half told the outlet that the White House had “treated” a “simple fundraiser at a private residence” as if it “was a NATO summit.”

“I staffed a simple fundraiser at a private residence, but they treated it like it was a NATO summit with his movements,” the person told the outlet. (Read more from “Report: Biden Guided by Document Instructing Him to ‘Walk to Podium’ During Events” HERE)

99% of Illegal Aliens, Border Crossers Living Freely Across American Communities

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Roughly 99 percent of illegal aliens and border crossers are living freely across the United States as President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) monitors fewer than 1.5 percent of the nation’s illegal population, a report states.

The federal data, compiled by the National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) and circulated by several House and Senate Republicans, looks at the overall illegal population living in American communities — estimated at nearly 17 million today.

Of those millions of illegal aliens and border crossers in the U.S., just about 1.34 percent are either in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention or monitored via the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP).

Meanwhile, as Breitbart News reported last week, roughly 7.4 million border crossers are now on ICE’s so-called “non-detained docket.” These are border crossers whom the Biden administration is aware of, living throughout the U.S., but who are not in ICE detention.

Of those on the non-detained docket, fewer than 2.5 percent are ISAP-monitored.

(Read more from “99% of Illegal Aliens, Border Crossers Living Freely Across American Communities” HERE)

White House Again Changes Debate Story; Now Says Biden Was Seen by a Doctor

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The ever-shifting White House explanation for President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week took another turn Thursday, with administration officials now insisting that Mr. Biden saw his doctor in the days after the debate.

The White House initially blamed Mr. Biden’s halting, incoherent answers on a lingering cold he caught while traveling to Europe twice last month.

Spokesman Andrew Bates said Mr. Biden, 81, was examined by his physician, just hours after the White House said he had not seen a doctor.

“Several days later, the president was seen to check on his cold and was recovering well,” Mr. Bates told CNN.

The claim that Mr. Biden was checked out by his doctor comes after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Mr. Biden hasn’t had any “medical exams” since his February physical. (Read more from “White House Again Changes Debate Story; Now Says Biden Was Seen by a Doctor” HERE)

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Edward Snowden Reminds Americans About Origins of the Fourth of July Holiday: ‘Shooting at the Government’

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s Fourth of July social media post reminds Americans of the revolutionary origins of the holiday, sparking a deeper conversation about government power.

. . .On Thursday, Snowden, former NSA contractor, took to X to share a thought-provoking message. He urged his followers to remember the historical context of Independence Day, stating, “As you celebrate the Fourth with your family, remember what it is that the holiday commemorates: shooting at the government. 🇺🇸🎆”.

This post follows a series of comments made by Snowden earlier this year, where he expressed concerns over the erosion of civil liberties and the increasing power of the government. . .

In January, Snowden expressed his views on the perceived decline of the ‘American Century,’ attributing it to factors such as the abandonment of the gold standard, union busting, and the erosion of liberties post-9/11. His tweet on Independence Day seems to be a continuation of his commentary on the state of American democracy.

In February, Snowden voiced his concerns over the misuse of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, arguing that software engineers were being “henpecked” by an aggressively ignorant crowd’s “agenda.” (Read more from “Edward Snowden Reminds Americans About Origins of the Fourth of July Holiday: ‘Shooting at the Government'” HERE)

Target Will Soon Stop Accepting This Form of Payment

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Target will no longer be accepting personal checks as a form of payment at its stores beginning later this month, the company confirmed.

The Minnesota-based big-box retail chain will stop taking checks this month due to “extremely low volumes,” of such payments, a spokesperson told NBC Chicago.

The company has taken “several measures” to notify customers in advance, the spokesperson added.

The change will go into effect on July 15 following the end of Target’s popular Circle Week sales event.

While personal checks will no longer be accepted, the store will still take cash, credit and debit cards, Target Circle Cards, digital wallets, SNAP/EBT cards and buy now-pay later services, Target said. (Read more from “Target Will Soon Stop Accepting This Form of Payment” HERE)

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Major United In-Flight Attack Could Have Been Avoided if Air Marshals Weren’t Babysitting Migrants at Border, Union Says: ‘Worst Fears Coming True’

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Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston were forced to take down a man trying to stab a flight attendant last year — because there were no air marshals present due to their continued deployments to the southern border, The Post has learned.

During the height of the border crisis, the federal government has been sending 200 air marshals to the border on 21-day deployments, leaving major flights vulnerable to threats, Sonya LaBosco, a retired supervisory federal air marshal who speaks on behalf of the Air Marshal National Council, told The Post.

From her own experience, LaBosco knew the LA to Boston route was one that was always staffed by marshals. She became even more concerned when passengers of a March 2023 Flight 2609 began contacting her, knowing they were left to tackle the threatening passenger on their own. . .

“So our worst fears were coming true every day with the in-flight incidents that were occurring that air marshals would have been on those flights to keep passengers from being injured.”

That day — and any other day — air marshals have been deployed to the border, they’ve been there merely “handing out water, making sandwiches, Uber Eats runs … bringing diapers and stuff into the facilities and unloading trucks,” LaBosco said, adding that it’s “absolutely ridiculous.” (Read more from “Major United In-Flight Attack Could Have Been Avoided if Air Marshals Weren’t Babysitting Migrants at Border, Union Says: ‘Worst Fears Coming True'” HERE)

Family of Five Tortured During Home Invasion, Including Children, Police Say

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A neighborhood in North Carolina is terrified after police said that a family of five was tortured by home invaders for over an hour.

The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the five people were sitting in their garage in Spout Springs with the garage door up when they were confronted by a group of men at about 2 a.m. on June 15.

The five victims included a father, a mother, their daughter, and the daughter’s friend. The fifth victim was not identified. . .

Police said the group, which could have numbered up to six men, tied up the victims with duct tape and began torturing them with heated metal.

“They put a knife and fork on top of the stove and heated it up and they just started sticking it to the body,” said Harnett County Sheriff Wayne Coats. “They were trying to get them to tell them where their money and guns were.”

The father, mother, and daughter were treated for their non-life threatening injuries at UNC-Chapel Hill. (Read more from “Family of Five Tortured During Home Invasion, Including Children, Police Say” HERE)

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The Four Words Some Dem Senators Reportedly Plan to Say to Biden Soon

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Joe Biden is the dog in the house on fire, saying, “This is fine.” That’s why so many members of his party are worried about November. Rightly so because the forces that want him gone are many and powerful, but the president seems confident that he can withstand the pressure, even as the fundraising well begins to dry up. Top donors are withholding cash until he drops out. The panic has not subsided following Joe Biden’s atrocious June 27 debate. And now, Democratic Senators are supposedly going to take a page out of A&E’s Intervention and hold one for the leader of their party (via WaPo):

Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask President Biden to exit the presidential race, according to two people with direct knowledge of the effort.

Warner is telling Democratic senators that Biden can no longer remain in the election in the wake of his faltering debate performance, according to the people familiar with private conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. Warner has told others that he is deeply concerned that Biden is not able to run a campaign that could beat former president Donald Trump.

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Biden told reporters he had spoken with at least 20 members of Congress and that they’re all telling him “to stay in the race.” When asked about Warner’s concerns, Biden said he was the “only” one pushing for him to step aside. “No one else is calling on me to do that,” he said.

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As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Warner is viewed as a serious voice privately advocating for the president to step aside. He represents a state that Democrats must win in November to maintain their hold on the White House.

There’s a growing consensus among Senate Democrats that the situation with Biden at the top of the ticket is untenable, and senators are trying to determine the best way to relay that message to an insulated president. Some senators don’t think Biden has people around him who are giving him an accurate picture of the fallout, according to one Democratic senator and a senior Democratic aide.

(Read more from “The Four Words Some Dem Senators Reportedly Plan to Say to Biden Soon” HERE)

Human Plague Case Confirmed, Health Officials Urge Prompt Treatment

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The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (PDPHE) in Colorado confirmed a human Bubonic plague case, Fox News reported.

A confirmed case of the plague was reported in Pueblo County, Colorado, according to health officials from PDPHE, Fox News reported. The PDPHE, in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is currently investigating the case. Details about the individual who contracted the plague have not been disclosed, but health officials are urging the public to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from potential exposure to this serious bacterial infection.

Rats likely carried the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the cause of the plague, to North America on ships from South Asia around 1900, the outlet reported. Dr. Timothy Brewer, a UCLA professor of medicine and epidemiology, stated the disease has since become endemic in ground squirrels and rodents in the rural Southwestern U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the plague can affect people of all ages, with approximately half of the cases occurring in individuals aged 12 to 45.

Globally, the World Health Organization reports between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of plague annually, with the U.S. averaging about seven cases per year. If untreated, the plague can be fatal in 30% to 60% of cases, but with antibiotics, the fatality rate drops to below 5%, Fox News reported. (Read more from “Human Plague Case Confirmed, Health Officials Urge Prompt Treatment” HERE)